July 26, 2008: Comic Book Club Live from San Diego

Today the guys did their Comic Book Club panel. It was great, and they even had a musical guest that was hilarious. There were 5 guests (instead of the usual two or even one). I of course was on hand to capture the whole event on film.

Today’s Comic Book Club panel included from left to right (as pictured above) Alex at the podium, Justin, Pete, Eric Powell (Writer and Artist of The Goon), Gabriel Rodriguez (artist on Locke and Key), Adam Rifkin (Director: National Lampoon’s Homo Erectus), Scott Adsit (actor 30 Rock), and the musical guest who’s name will escape me until I watch the video I shot again (back at the office).

The panel was great, and a lot bigger than it normally is. Usually there’s only one or two guests, and the PIT (People’s Improv Theater) is a lot smaller than one of the ballrooms at the San Diego Convention Center. The musical guest was hilarious. I’ll post the video of the song soon. Let’s just say it’s very phallic and meant to make you laugh (and think/be confused).

If that wasn’t enough we had surprise tickets from Alex’s manager for the Comedians of Comedy show downtown in the Green Lantern District. I didn’t know a lot about the show before hand, but it included Sara Silverman, Maria Bamford, Brian Posehn, Zach Galifianakis, and Eugene Mirman.

Sara Silverman was the surprise guest, and the show was also Patton Oswalt’s farewell performance. Check out my Comic Con Nightlife Flickr page for more from the show (I can’t believe the crazy ticket lady wouldn’t let me bring my soda in, but my SLR Camera was no problem. Ridiculous. But the box seats were more than enough to make me forget about it.

Then some random person (at least I had no idea who she was) told us to come to the after-party for the stars of the show (Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, et Al.) I didn’t see the scribbles on my ticket that said I had already been invited, but at the time I felt pretty cool. I managed to grab a few pictures inside the bar where the party was at before realizing all the actors and celebrities that were there (and hastily retiring my camera for the evening).

Good Times. Ask Justin about how Patton Oswalt requested him on Facebook (funny story).